Königsberg II-Class
Ultimate WWI German Light Cruiser Design - 4 ships built (1916-1918): Königsberg II, Karlsruhe II, Emden II, Nürnberg II. Named after famous WWI cruisers lost in action. Improved Wiesbaden design: larger (5,440 tons vs. 5,180), longer range (5,300 nm vs. 4,800). 8× 15cm guns, 28.5 knots. Last WWI German light cruisers commissioned. All four survived WWI. SMS Emden II: Famous post-WWI training cruiser (1920s-1940s), WWII mine-laying operations, bombed and capsized (1945), raised and scrapped (1949).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 6000 t
- Displacement (full)
- 7125 t
- Length
- 570.9 ft
- Beam
- 50.2 ft
- Crew
- 474
- Ships built
- 4
- Commissioned
- 1916-1918
- Decommissioned
- 1920-1946
Performance
- Top speed
- 32 kn
- Range
- 5300 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK L/45
- Secondary guns
- 2× 8.8cm SK L/45 AA
- Torpedoes
- 4× 50cm
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 60mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 20-80mm
- Fire control
- Optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 54.03
- Research cost
- 10,698
- Credit cost
- 37,821
Notable
- Ultimate WWI German light cruiser design
- Improved Wiesbaden design (larger, longer range)
- Last WWI German light cruisers commissioned
- All four survived WWI
- Named after famous WWI cruisers (Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Emden, Nürnberg)
- SMS Emden II: Famous post-WWI training cruiser (1920s-1940s)
- SMS Königsberg II: French war prize (Metz, 1920-1933)